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Farming & the land, 1948

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Police Remove Farmers From Shepherds Siding Silos

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

After wheat deliveries to the Shepherds Siding silos had been held up for three hours yesterday, by three farmers, who although they…

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Pastoral Conditions Review

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A general review of seasonal pastoral conditions thorought the Commonwealth was issued today by the…

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Man Remanded on Wheat Larceny Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

A man was charged in the Wagga Court yesterday with having in his possession two bags of wheat, two butts of wheat and 21 wheat bags…

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1/ Bushel Rise in Wheat Export Price

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: With 1/ a bushel rise announced today the export price of wheat is now 20/6…

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Care in Choosing Seed Wheat Urged By Minister

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to—day warned' against use of shot and sprung wheat as seed. Urging…

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More Serious Dollar Strife Looms Effect of Lower Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The Commonwealth Government is preparing to face a further serious setback to the dollar situation as a result of the falling off of sales of wool…

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Dehydrated Butter Next?

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Australian exports of butter and its butter production could be revolutionised by a process evolved by a New York…

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The Wheat Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

In some parts of New South Wales wheatgrowers are turning from growing wheat for market, and producing instead merely enough for…

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Me Destroys Wheat Crop at Coolac Conflagration Follows Severe Lightning

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

Following a storm on Friday afternoon, in which there was vivid lightning, a fire destroyed about 170 acres of a two hundred acre paddock on Sullivans Caha" property at Coolac. An excellent wheat crop, about 90 acres of which had been…

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Old Favourites Bread and Butter Custard

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 7

Bread and butter custard, or bread and butter pudding as it is sometime called, is a favorite sweet .dish in some homes, but not at all popular in…

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Search for Wool Packs Substitute

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Concerned at the prospect of a shortage in the supply of wool packs due to the" uncertainty of jute imports the Graziers Federal Council…

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Wheat Board's "Grave Concern" at Govt. Action

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: At the conclusion of the Australian Wheat Board's fortnightly meeting, Mr. A. C. Everett, acting chairman, stated that members of the board unanimously expressed grave concern at "the whittling down of its…

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Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

The bulk of our offering on the 13th instant was drawn from most of the woolgrowing districts of the State, including the Southern Tablelands and…

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Wheat Price Rises to 6/3 a Bushel

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Pollard made an announcement in Canberra that the price of wheat for local consumption…

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Victorian Beef • Breeder Impressed by Gundagai Cattle "Better Than I Have Seen In Any District"

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

A Victorian beef breeder, Mr Gordon Hodge of Bairnsdale (V.) considers the cattle bred in the Gundagai district the best he has…

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Improving Show Ground for Next Month's Big Fixture Additional Cattle And Horse Stalls To Be Provided GUNDAGAI P. AND A. Committee Meet

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Members of the Gundagai P. and A. Society are now working' at top -pressure to ensure the success of next month's annual Show. Twenty three members of the committee were present at an important meeting Held last Saturda y night, at which many matters…

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Killed by Bolting Horses Young Burcher Farmer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

A team of bolting hordes attached to a harvester cost the life of 28-year-old William Bernard Fitzgerald, of Burcher. Fitzgerald was working on a…

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Wagga Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

For approximately just oil 11000 sheep keen competition prevailed in all sections at the special sale conducted at Wagga on Tuesday, 13th…

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Wheat Losses

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

The District Agronomist (Mr. T. S. Rudkin) estimates that Riverina farmers will lose £200,000 as a result of damage caused by recent heavy ranis…

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Details of New Wheat Prices

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Australian Wheat Board announced that prices for all wheats have been increased by 1/3¾ a bushel. Rates fixed by the…

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